Colombian drug wars

The Colombian drug wars took place from the 1960s until the 2010s, seeing the Colombian government fight against various drug cartels and drug-dealing paramilitary groups across the country. The introduction of cocaine in 1979 led to increased violene as group such as the Medellin Cartel and Cali Cartel fought over the lucrative cocaine trade, and the government's attempts to stop the drug cartels led to much violence; Pablo Escobar was responsible for killing over 1,000 policemen. The cartels also assassinated Minister of Justice Rodrigo Lara in 1984, and the cartel bombed Avianca Flight 203 on 27 November 1989. The drug wars began to end in the late 1980s and early 1990s when the Colombian Search Bloc, with assistance from the United States' DEA and CIA agencies, eradicated the leadership of the cartels, killing or capturing them. In 2011, Colombia ceased to be the top cocaine-producing country, but some violence still continued.